SC Cleared Cloud Engineer - AWS

Cloud Engineer (AWS) | SC Cleared | Outside IR35 | £375/day

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join a large-scale cloud platform programme supporting the evolution and enhancement of an enterprise AWS platform. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer with strong AWS infrastructure expertise who enjoys working closely with development teams and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure cloud solutions.

Contract Length: 6 Months

Day Rate: £375 per day

IR35 Status: Outside IR35

Location: Hybrid working, with 2 days per week onsite

Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required and must be transferable prior to start

The Role

As a Cloud Engineer, you will work within a collaborative platform engineering team delivering cloud infrastructure improvements, platform enhancements and supporting service teams in the adoption of cloud-native technologies.

You'll be joining one of several platform squads made up of experienced engineers, contributing to feature development, infrastructure automation and a small amount of third-line support. The role requires a strong technical background combined with excellent communication skills, as you'll regularly engage with stakeholders and service teams to explain technical concepts and guide platform adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build and enhance AWS-based infrastructure solutions.

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

Support and improve CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions.

Assist service teams with cloud platform adoption and best practices.

Collaborate with engineers, product teams and stakeholders to troubleshoot issues and deliver platform improvements.

Help teams implement and manage Docker-based workloads within agreed standards and guardrails.

Translate complex technical concepts into clear, understandable language for non-technical audiences.

Contribute to networking, security and platform engineering initiatives.

Essential Skills & Experience

Active SC Clearance that can be transferred prior to start.

Strong AWS infrastructure engineering experience.

Hands-on experience with: AWS ECS Fargate

AWS Networking

AWS WAF

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